U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized 82 domain names of commercial websites allegedly engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works. Sites like cheapscarfshop.com and mydreamwatches.com. But Number 80 on the list has drawn some attention, as torrent-finder.com supposedly did not actually host this kind of content. [From ICE.gov]
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SIPRNET Way Cooler Than Internet
NOT SO SECRET DAILYCRUD 000001 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/01/2010 TAGS: WTF SUBJECT: PSST, DONT TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS WikiLeaks press-released a pending leak of 251,287 U.S. diplomatic cables fetched from SIPRNET, probably via USB-based memory stick. Only 220 of those cables were available at the time of this post, but many more have been [...]
GeekNet HQ Moves to Fairfax
The company that runs ThinkGeek, Slashdot, and Geek.com is moving their corporate headquarters from Mountain View, CA to Fairfax. Geeknet also named Scott Collison president and general manager of media and CFO Patty Morris has resigned. [From Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal]
GeekNet Comments closed
Can You Hear Me Now? Maryland Buying $485 Million Motorola Network
Maryland Board of Public Works plans to approve a $345 million contract to Motorola (with optional contract extensions) to build a network to allow federal, state, and local police, fire departments, and emergency medical workers to communicate in emergencies. [From Gazette]
Maryland Government, Motorola Comments closed
AC in DC: Reeves Center Gets Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station
The Franklin D. Reeves Center in DC now has a public, curbside electric vehicle (EV) charging station. It’s a 240V Level II Coulomb ChargePoint station, part of the ChargePoint network of EV charging stations. Yes, you can charge your charge to a credit card. Installation by PEPCO and NovaCharge, LLC of Tampa. [Photo by Coulomb [...]
D.C. Government, Electric Vehicles, PEPCO Comments closed
The Latest Deal at LivingSocial: New CFO
John Bax joins LivingSocial today as the new CFO. John was most recently CFO at RecycleBank (not a bank) and the media buzz is that he was formerly VP of Planning and Analysis at Wal-Mart and CFO of walmart.com. His old bio says he is married to the former supermodel, Camille.
LivingSocial Comments closed
Ocean City Wind Farms
Maryland seeks corporate interest in a a possible wind farm off the Maryland coast, south of Fenwick Island, DE and east of Ocean City, MD. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement published the RFI in the Federal Register on November 9, 2010 under Docket ID: BOEM-2010-0038. There is a cool map showing [...]
Wind Power Comments closed
All GSA Staff Social Security Numbers Accidentally E-mailed Out
A GSA employee accidentally sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff of over 12,000 people to a private e-mail address. GSA notified employees of the breach via security alert e-mails, “which employees said they received frequently and often ignored.” Sounds like a strong culture of information security at GSA! Casey [...]
U.S. Government Comments closed
Fast Customs Immigration at Dulles Airport
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has rolled out their Global Entry program to speed up the customs process at some U.S. airports. To join the program, you pay $100, pass a government background check, and get fingerprinted. Then, you can use a kiosk instead of waiting in line for a customs agent. At [...]
U.S. Government Comments closed
Dial "O(bama)" for Wake Up Call
Our POTUS revealed to Ryan Seacrest that he gets a hotel-style wake up call every morning instead of using any of that new-fangled alarm technology. [Via Politico]
U.S. Government Comments closed
